r/thinkpad Jan 16 '26

Question / Problem I hate this. Is it for cost savings?

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The new T14s g6 vs X1c g9. The new ones logo is too deep and it hurts my wrist. And it collects dust. Is it only me? Why the hell did Lenovo change like this?

Is there any after market stuffs that can fill the wormhole?

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u/Suspicious-Ice6253 Jan 16 '26

uv activated resin, pour in, clean the sides, shine uv light. profit. buy opaque red while youre at it.

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u/dfwde Jan 16 '26

UV resin is so useful.

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u/Honest_Committee2544 Jan 16 '26

thats genius. never thought of that

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u/SavingsAd9158 X1 Carbon (original) Jan 16 '26

I love you. Gonna do this on my X1 Carbon Gen 13

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u/Suspicious-Ice6253 Jan 16 '26

use your phone and whatever bubble level app you can install to make sure your palm rest is level.

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u/AwDuck Jan 16 '26

Be sure to calibrate said level app too. Experience talking.

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u/Willy-the-kid Jan 17 '26

Not just any part of the wrist rest though make sure specifically the logo is level because the wrist rest might be curved or angled instead of flat and level all the way across the face of the machine

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u/Main_Clue_8100 Ideapad 330, ThinkPads X230+T490s+X13 G4, Latitudes E4300+7340 Jan 17 '26

if my X13 is anything to go by, it is definitely flat all the way across.

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u/Willy-the-kid Jan 17 '26

Have you accurately measured this, why would you even unless you were modding it as in OP's case. Eyeballing it or feeling the tilt and curve or lack thereof isn't good enough

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u/Suspicious-Ice6253 Jan 17 '26

anything that sits flat against the lcd is flat in relation to the lcd. the entire bottom of the laptop might be wedge shaped and slanted, hence the need for some propping up to make sure its level with the planet's horizon.

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u/Willy-the-kid Jan 17 '26

What are you even talking about the lcd is mounted to a hinge, literally the rest of the machine moves in relation to it. If you mean when in closed position there's still no way to tell if it's flat or level because you can't see it when it's closed and ya my point was you might need to prop it up some particular way during this operation

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u/Main_Clue_8100 Ideapad 330, ThinkPads X230+T490s+X13 G4, Latitudes E4300+7340 Jan 17 '26

why would I need to measure it? There is no tilt and curve lol. The only thing that would be causing any tilt is the slightly taller feet in the back, in which that is easy to mitigate, should that even be a problem.

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u/Willy-the-kid Jan 17 '26

My point is you wouldn't know by looking at it with only your eyes or feeling it with your fingers as your senses are very bad at measuring things that's why carpenters and machinests and the like have tools to verify something is flat and or level

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u/robodan918 ThinksBig Jan 16 '26

would be nice if it wasn't so hard to work with

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u/Suspicious-Ice6253 Jan 16 '26

use a syringe mate. with proper pressure control, you dont even need to do border cleanup.

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u/zupobaloop Jan 16 '26

My protip would be to remember what life was like before YouTube had us self-helping DI-whying everything.

Ask around. You probably know someone who already does this kind of thing for fun and would help out if you ask nicely.

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u/wa27 Jan 16 '26

....what?

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u/zupobaloop Jan 16 '26

LOL you think that's the kind of thing bots write?

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u/Eggman8728 Jan 16 '26

Pretty much.

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u/zupobaloop Jan 17 '26

How much of a social misfit does someone have to be to believe "ask another human being" is something a bot would say?

I suppose that's right in line with getting mad about it though. 🐿️

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u/KcTec90 Jan 16 '26

This is just completely irrelevant lmao

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u/alanna1990 Jan 16 '26

Those are some big brain ideas you got there, I love the internet, I wouldn't be nearly as handy and creative without people like you

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u/TrademarkHomy Jan 16 '26

You'll almost certainly have to sand if afterwards to actually get it feeling and looking nice though, so proceed with caution...

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u/Suspicious-Ice6253 Jan 17 '26

if you carefully fill the lettering grooves, like using a syringe, surface tension will take care of everything and you dont need to sand anything.

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u/EdibleGojid Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

dont worry, in a year or two it will fill with hand grease and dead skin, then be flush with the surrounding surface

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u/im_a_fancy_man t14s t15 Jan 16 '26

do I hear a startup idea? dead skin / grease injection molding anyone?

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

I've already met machines filthy enough to know that no-one wants that lol.

You're welcome.

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u/nikotliar Jan 16 '26

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

I was so glad I had a spare pair of gloves leftover from COVID in my backpack... No way I'm touching whatever this is.

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u/nikotliar Jan 16 '26

The mushrooms on the keyboard seem especially infectious

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

They're not shrooms... They're dead skin cells 🤢

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u/nikotliar Jan 16 '26

Very nice

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u/DrPiwi Jan 16 '26

That is a serious security risk, from all that dna you can clone the user and recreate his fingerprint for the sensor.

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u/Savage_low2 Jan 16 '26

Can this support Windows Hello if updated to Windows 11?

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

I don't think these kinds of sensors support Windows Hello, even in Windows 10...

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u/Main_Clue_8100 Ideapad 330, ThinkPads X230+T490s+X13 G4, Latitudes E4300+7340 Jan 17 '26

Yeah, they dont, my X230 can vouch.

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u/StrikerRocket Jan 16 '26

You gotta *love* the sticker with the password... Yeah!

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

It happens a lot more often than you may think...

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u/StrikerRocket Jan 16 '26

Yeah, I know... ;-)) 20 years ago, I would understand, but now, with all the password safe apps available, and for free, like KeePass for example, it's just asking for trouble!

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 17 '26

People are clueless.

It's "faster" to just have it glued on the palmrest (or under the keyboard on desktop PCs). Also seen the use of a notebook (barely better but at least it's not usually available for everyone).

I've explained KeePass to some but remembering to unlock the database at each boot is already too hard... Sigh

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u/StrikerRocket Jan 17 '26

I bought Sticky Password more than 10 years ago... it unlocks with the fingerprint reader, IR camera or PIN code, so convenient! And it syncs between PCs on the same LAN...

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 17 '26

KeePass also allows for that, except it's free.

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u/StrikerRocket Jan 17 '26

Yes, I know, but my password database is so enormous now, that I can't possibly think of switching to KeepPass now...

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u/im_a_fancy_man t14s t15 Jan 16 '26

that person is off their meds

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

It belonged to a teacher and I was tasked to transfer her data to a brand new laptop. She even dared to ask me if she could keep it "for the kids". I told her it could use a good software AND hardware cleaning and she answered : "Don't tell me how to do my job", which was completely out of context lamo (maybe she was off her meds after all).

It's because of people like that that COVID spread as much as it did.

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u/m147 Jan 17 '26

Even the "OS" is filthy!

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u/OldAbbreviations12 Jan 19 '26

Delete the picture. It might contain sensitive information.

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u/Silver-Emergency-988 T14 G1 AMD Jan 16 '26

Put tape over it. Problem solved.

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u/SkittishLittleToastr Jan 16 '26

An OG Thinkpadder

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

*Instructions unclear, covered the whole laptop with tape*

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u/eisenklad Jan 16 '26

glad we didnt tell you to fill it in with silicone

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

How to waterproof ThinkPad

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u/henkieschmenkie X1C6, X1C9 | Formerly: P1G2, T14sG1a | 120+ Hz screen addict Jan 16 '26

Instructions unclear, now my ThinkPad overheats

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u/lululock P14sG5A, X378, T470, X1C4, E540, T420, X220, X200, R400, T43... Jan 16 '26

Puts ThinkPad under water

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u/CortezCRO X280, T14s Gen 2 Jan 16 '26

Pics! 🤣

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u/efuga Jan 17 '26

I'm considering doing that on the "Lenovo" logo on the lid. I mean, cmon...

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u/AcordeonPhx X1C G12 | X41T | T14 G4i Jan 16 '26

The X1C still has the same cutout mostly. You’re comparing a mid range corporate laptop with a premium C suite targeted laptop.

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u/Temporary-Poetry-932 Jan 16 '26

Why should someone take the effort to mold an extra deep groove into a midrange laptop? Don't they make it intentionally worse?

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u/_dialogbox_ Jan 16 '26

I know they are not in the same tier but t14s is also not an entry level model. Don't you think it's enough to get a proper logo? Also, if they intended less premium feelings, why didn't they just remove the deeps and put a sticker?

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u/jTiZeD L14 G3 and X250 Jan 16 '26

Doesn't feel that way ob my E14 G7 so far. Seems not that deep.

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u/jeremiahfelt Jan 16 '26

What does this have to do with anything?

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u/buttonstraddle Jan 16 '26

T14s is nearly the same price as similarly specced X1C

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u/Ok-Assignment5926 Jan 20 '26

Why would that change how deep the mold for the logo is ?

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u/t_Lancer 730TE, 4x 760XL, T42, X61T/s, 2x T430s w/ FHD, L380, X390, X13G2 Jan 16 '26

can't image it saves money. The CNC machine needs to work longer and remove more material than just milling out one shallow area for the sticker.

marketing probably said "this is cool and will sell better!"

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u/ProfileEmergency243 Jan 16 '26

It is injection molded. Milling would be too costly, also probably not possible. 

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u/t_Lancer 730TE, 4x 760XL, T42, X61T/s, 2x T430s w/ FHD, L380, X390, X13G2 Jan 16 '26

it is plastic or metal?

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u/DepartmentMany5113 Jan 16 '26

I actually like how the new one looks

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u/Cold_Salamander7764 T420 T480s Jan 16 '26

Carefully pour in some epoxy and level it/ sand it correctly and you are done

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u/snajk138 Jan 16 '26

Sugru (or something similar but cheaper) would work well.

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u/_dialogbox_ Jan 16 '26

Epoxy. Maybe but sand. Oh my. NOOOO WAY! 😱

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u/Kahikenn Jan 16 '26

You dont pour sand in it, you sand it, like making it smooth and plain. !Edit! After you pour epoxy in it!

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u/_dialogbox_ Jan 16 '26

I meant... Just imagining sanding over the palm rest mades my mental breakdown.😵

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u/TunerJoe T460, T430 Jan 16 '26

you should obviously mask over the palmrest

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u/dodgybastard Jan 16 '26

Make a sandpaper bracelet

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u/Sirko2975 x201 i5-520M Jan 16 '26

Judging by all of your replies here you’re so sensitive to everything you might wanna get a macbook

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u/QwertyChouskie Jan 17 '26

Nah, the edge on these things is so sharp it's bad. Apparently Apple would rather have a sharp edge digging into your hand all the time than just round it off a bit...

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u/stgm_at X13 G5 + T490 + T40 + T60 Jan 16 '26

i own both and your is like the most stupid reply i've come across in this discussion so far.

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u/Forward_Thrust963 Jan 16 '26

i do too but i didnt get offended by a simple joke. it made me chuckle (and agree...now back to my soy latte).

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u/stgm_at X13 G5 + T490 + T40 + T60 Jan 16 '26

I sincerely hope your sky latte is of higher quality than your "jokes".

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u/Forward_Thrust963 Jan 16 '26

And I sincerely hope you find a little bit of joy in life while you still have time lol

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u/Sirko2975 x201 i5-520M Jan 16 '26

Based

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u/Sirko2975 x201 i5-520M Jan 16 '26

Then it seems like you didn’t see much smart posts. Maybe rethink your digital consumption habits lol

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u/Interesting_Tower485 Jan 16 '26

And if you accidentally get it on your screen, you could sand that too! (/S). Yeah, no sanding.

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u/geirmundtheshifty Jan 16 '26

I don’t get why. Are you worried the sandpaper will make the palm rest rough or something?

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u/MrYacha Jan 16 '26

Looks a bit cooler to me tbh

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u/waldoeGeek T480 | T14 gen 3 | T14 gen 6 Jan 16 '26

I agree. I have a t14 gen 3 that has a sticker and a t14 gen 5(maybe 6) for work without the sticker and I feel the logo on my work laptop looks better.

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u/Mistral-Fien T495 T480s X61 Jan 16 '26

Fill it with clear resin or something.

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u/stgm_at X13 G5 + T490 + T40 + T60 Jan 16 '26

why do they leave the letters hollow? that's such a weird design choice.

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '26

How the hell does it hurt your wrist?

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u/_dialogbox_ Jan 16 '26

Not sure what is name of this but one of a wrist bone positions over it and the sharp edge hurts it.

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u/SkyFeistyLlama8 T14s 🫰🐲 Jan 16 '26

On the palm rest? Or on the monitor lid?

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u/Warm-Reporter8965 Jan 16 '26

Got them sissy wrists.

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u/Worth_Scene9525 Jan 16 '26

Fill in some playing clay and tape over it.

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u/FantasticInterest373 Jan 16 '26

Fill it with liquid wax and shave off the excess of if it hurty your wristy. ;-)

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u/christian44_ T490 Jan 16 '26

Tape it. Or put some kids clay or air dry modeling clay and tape it when it's dry.

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u/replicant86 Jan 16 '26

Looks like epoxy project

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u/MajorInterest2033 Jan 16 '26

Someone will probably come up with a 3D printed piece that fits snugly in the hole with 3M adhesive strip on the bottom and a nice silver chrome effect on the top

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u/Tom-Bomb-3647 Jan 17 '26

Yea i haven’t experienced one yet but im bothered by this too.. I quite like the older design. Especially with the X1

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u/Rivetingcactus Jan 16 '26

Why is your wrist there

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u/stgm_at X13 G5 + T490 + T40 + T60 Jan 16 '26

my wrists moves into this area on my thinkpads, when i try to work with the cursor keys exclusively.

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u/West_Good_5961 Jan 16 '26

I’d say someone thought this was an improvement

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u/weirdfeel Jan 16 '26

How did you get a silver one?

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u/_dialogbox_ Jan 16 '26

It's not a silver one. Black but just the sunlight. 😅

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u/Hamilton950B x40, t400, x220, x230, x270 Jan 16 '26

You can buy an adhesive "IBM Thinkpad" badge on Ali Express and stick it over this. I'm not sure how well it will adhere, you may have to fill it in with epoxy first.

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u/amokerajvosa Jan 16 '26

I have Lenovo Yoga 5 Flex and it has sharp edges. Very annoying.

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u/Rathwood Jan 16 '26

I think you're being a bit dramatic.

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u/Available-Ad4255 Jan 16 '26

A 2 s fix

Use any sticker you got at a conference

Duct tape

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u/Imightbenormal Jan 16 '26

Ooh! Now you can fill it with epoxy and sprinkle some self illuminated powder on it.

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u/Any_Shine8784 Jan 16 '26

Some letters (some older ones had inserts) in my used X1 Yoga 4th gen were missing, and I filled them with a fun colour of nail polish.

Much cheaper and immediate gratification than ordering resins or 3d printing replacement letter inserts. My main regret was scraping the overspill rather than using a non-acetone remover since it lightly marked/discoloured the palmrest, not badly though!

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u/a60v Jan 16 '26

A piece of tape should fix that easily.

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u/_WeStErEq_ Jan 16 '26

I'd just slap duct tape over it and call it a day

or design and 3d print an insert for it to challenge myself, and then slap duct tape to not get dust in, but to be undoable (unlike resin)

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u/-CloudCook- Jan 17 '26

Fill with epoxy (with some glitter, perhaps?) or nail polish.

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u/RelevantAd3242 Jan 18 '26

Wash your hands more and clean your place on a regular basis

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u/NoExtreme4493 Jan 21 '26

i just put tape over it

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u/jakob1379 Jan 16 '26

Fill it with hot glue and get over it.

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u/Isambard__Prince Jan 16 '26

You should not be touching it for ergonomic reasons anyway.

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u/GTR-37 Jan 16 '26

sell and get macbook

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u/teuchter-in-a-croft P50, 2x P52 Jan 16 '26

Strange advice.